The funding will support Reju’s planned industrial-scale regeneration hub in Chemelot Industrial Park, which will process post-consumer textiles.

Reju says the hub will process fabrics that would otherwise be wasted into Reju Polyester, which creates 50% lower carbon emissions than virgin polyester. The fabric also diverts residual textile fractions from landfill and incineration.

Reju hopes the project will materially reduce the environmental impact of textile waste.

“We are grateful to the Government of the Netherlands and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate for supporting the scale-up of commercial technologies that can deliver measurable emissions reductions and accelerate the transition to a truly circular textile industry,” commented Patrik Frisk, CEO of Reju.

“This award is a strong vote of confidence in our technology and our team. At Chemelot, we will deliver circular raw materials at scale, reduce emissions across textile value chains, and establish a replicable blueprint for circular textiles in Europe.”

The project hopes to support fully traceable circular supply chains, increasing the displacement of virgin, fossil-fuel-based fibres.

Chemelot Industrial Park was chosen for its established industrial links, shared utilities, and logistics infrastructure.

The news follows shortly after Reju announced plans to build a new circular textile hub in Lacq, France.

The planned plant will use Reju’s proprietary depolymerisation technology, converting textiles from French waste streams into rBHET, a material used in the production of new polyester known as Reju PET.

The company also recently announced its first US-based industrial facility in Rochester, New York. The facility will complement Reju’s demo plant, Regeneration Hub Zero, which is already up and running in Frankfurt.